Improvement in ferrules



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UNITEn STATES DOLPHIN Gr. SMITH, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN FERRULES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 13,805, dated April 18, 1871.

To all whom fit may concern:

Beit known that I, DoLPHIN G. SMITH, of Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State ot' Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Ferrule; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in ferrules for spades, forks, and other implements, but more especially such ferrules as have notches in the ends for receiving the shoulders ot'a fork or spade or other article having shoulders.

The invention consists in the application to the said fer-rules of a re-enf'orcing-ring ot oval, flat, or other form, fitted onto the ta pered end, driven on tight, and secured by soldering, brazing, or it maybe retained by the friction and by the shoulders ot' the tool driven into the Wood handle, and confined by the ring and ferrnle, the said ring being driven on at the same time the shank of the tool is driven into the handle. The said re-ent'orcing-ring adds strength to the ferrule in the part subject to the greatest strain, and particularly liable to be split, while it enables me to make the ferrule thinner and lighter than it otherwise would have to be, so that I may employ less metal both for the ring and ferrule than is needed for the ferrule alone when the ring is not used.

Figures l and 2 are side views of a ferrule for a spade strengthened by a ring according to my improvement, and Fig. 3 is an end View ofthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is theferrule as commonly made, and B Y pose specified.

DOLPHIN G. SMITH. Witnesses:

WM. A. HERsHIsER, WM. S. PHARES. 

